comment here from 2003:
currently using a Rage 128. I've been considering moving to a flashed pc radeon 7000 (agp, I have to, it's a cube) cuz the 7000 is a great performance gain without the heat problems of something like a GeForce 3. A quote on performance of the AGP 7000 from CubeOwner:
"well, the radeon 7000 AGP IS faster than the radeon classic, it even beats the geforce 2MX! according to xbench 1.0, the three cards perform almost equal in the "Quartz Graphics Test" and the "User Interface Test" but in OpenGL, the Radeon7000 is clearly faster, not that much, but about 30%."
If you're looking for games, that OpenGL bit is gold for you. The gf2mx is significantly better than the 128, don't have benches, but you can actually play some almost-modern games with the gf2.
Here we go, from the first XLR8 link (http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/Graphics/radeon_7000_feedback.html) above:
" I bought the Radeon 7000 to replace my stock Rage128 in my B&W G3/450. As I have no AGP slot, it's looking like this is best card I can find right now for gaming purposes.
Installation in my 66mhz slot was a breeze. Since I'm running OS 9.0.4, I used Tomeviewer to extract OpenGL 1.2.2 and put it into my extensions folder. Works great. My first boot under the new card reset my 17" Studio Display back to 640x480, as your other readers reported. Once the system booted I simply changed it back to my prefered resolution with no problems. The card seemed to only offer marginal 2D performance increases. It was difficult to tell in general use. However, my Quake experience was completely altered. I general play I went from 18-55 fps (peaks at 100) to 50-100 (peaks at 130) fps using custom configs. Resolutions under 1024x768 were very quick and stable. Over that and it became more choppy and inconsistant. For those who are interested, using a custom config in a very low setting, I was able to coax 55-88 fps at 1600x1200 on my machine. It wasn't pretty, but it was suprisingly quick.
Overall this has been an excellent addition for the price. It was a painless and transparent upgrade to my system, but packed a huge performance punch. Thanks for collecting all those user comments and running a fantastic site!
-Pat"
im just trying to find the best performing card for my mac os 8.6 machines..one of which is the b+w g3 450mhz.. which came stock with the VGA only rage 128 GL powered card.. (rage 128? prior to pro version?) so that it wont give me headaches booting in between 8.6 + 9.22 - the flashed 64mb card with DVI + VGA + svid, its giving me problems on my B+W g3.. vga outputs a purple blank screen
notice the RV6P 32 + 64mb variants below with no ATI RADEON logo, notice they have a COAXIAL video output?? is this Coaxial s-video? or videoc composite out? like back in the EGA/VGA wonder days??? im not sure maybe someone can post if they know